Pros
• Working for this trust builds your determination and willpower to get out and work in a place that appreciates you and the students.
Cons
Leaders are more focused on their egos and control rather than collaboration, making staff feel completely undervalued. • There is a lack of appreciation for diversity. The main 'showcase' school leaders boast about having low levels of EAL children rather than celebrating having children from different cultures and ethnicities. • Support plans are given out as a punishment for staff rather than as a support tool for development. This has created a fear culture within schools. • Teachers are unfairly judged based on brief lesson drop ins by MAT leaders that ignore the context of the class. • There is constant scrutiny by school leaders and MAT leaders. • The trust pay to hire out football stadiums and fly out speakers rather than using that money on schools and children who need it. • Due to 'budget' issues, teaching assistants have been let go. • Leaders try to get staff out who are different and don't fit in with their vision by bullying them, putting them on support plans and targeting them. • Staff bullying and racist incidents are ignored and leaders get defensive and lie when questioned. • Same leaders and staff then go on to get promotions.